Brynn tripped over her suitcase and wiped out in the Chengdu Airport. With her being sick lately, everything is a major ordeal!
Aubrey was pleasant on the flight. Sarah was a trooper and held her for most the airtime.
Sarah showing off her Super Mom skills with one asleep and the other in a Dora the Explorer trance.
Aubrey enjoyed having the seat to herself for a few minutes.
The Perdue clan enjoying their 1st Class seats!
Our flights to Thailand started without much excitement but ended with a BANG!
The Chengdu Airport was actually mild with very little wait time in the lines and on-time flights. Chengdu was actually the best airport for a change.
After making an error in our initial bookings, we were forced to rearrange our second flight. Instead of Air Asia for Flight #2, we booked ourselves on Qatar Airways. Our times between flights were only 2 hours, so I knew we must move quickly. After getting off our initial flight, we asked about the location of Qatar Airways. We were told it was at the "other" airport in KL which was an hour bus ride away. Luckily a taxi driver told us that he could get us there in 20 minutes if we allowed him to drive "very fast". Sarah was hesitant, but I gave him the go ahead after checking with a couple of policemen that he was legit. After driving about 170 KMH, we arrived at the new airport with 30 minutes to spare.
After the rush and initial freak out, our fortunes turned for the better. Somehow, our tickets were in 1st Class. Sarah, Brynn, Aubrey and I enjoyed a 65 minute 1st class flight with Red Snapper and unlimited drinks. I watched the end to HPDH 2 while Brynn enjoyed Dora the Explorer. Sarah and I have vowed this will not be our last 1st class flight.
We arrived in Phuket about 45 minutes before Susan and just remained in the luggage area to wait. Brynn was ecstatic to see her Nana and Aubrey was her always cheerful self. We found a man to transport us to our condo. He fit about 10 different pieces of luggage into his compact car. I was thoroughly amazed!
Our condo is great. It is on the same beach as last year. The condo is much larger and much nicer. The only drawback is that it is located about 5 minutes further from the beach. After looking around for a few minutes last night, we settled in for the night. Sarah, Aubrey and I in one bed and Brynn and Susan in another.
I plan to blog everyday from Thailand. So be on the lookout for pictures and stories.
Way to go on getting 1st class on Qatar!
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